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Published on: October 22, 2015
Anorexia Nervosa Across the Lifespan: A Review of Recent Literature
Nandini Datta1, Kristene Hossepian1, Isabella Xie1
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California (Datta, Hossepian, Gurcan, Behr, Pouliadi, Miranda); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, California (Xie); Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Behr).
Abstract:
In this review, the authors provide an update on the understanding of anorexia nervosa (AN) across the lifespan. Focusing on key pieces of literature from the past 5 years, this review summarizes recent updates to DSM-5 within the domain of AN, including the addition of a new AN diagnosis: atypical anorexia. Additional sections covered in this review include improvements in the epidemiological understanding of AN across the developmental spectrum, treatment approaches that have been established as gold standard as well as new directions recently explored in treatment, and recent advancements in the biopsychosocial underpinnings of AN. Altogether, although this review captures several advancements in the field's overall conceptualization of AN, several key areas of treatment and diagnostic capacity continue to require additional focus and research.
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